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Sufficiency is a new approach to solving humanity’s consumption problems. It’s about using less, ensuring wellbeing for all humans, and staying within planetary boundaries.
By failing to manage sustainability issues such as those affecting social capital, environmental capital, and leadership and governance, companies may face direct financial impacts.
With 100 hours aboard Amtrak trains, students learn about sustainable travel and destination tourism, using cities along the routes as living laboratories.
The mining industry could learn a lot from the slow fashion and food movements. New research from the Yukon shows how slow mining can be a viable path forward.
Architects around the world are developing designs that not only respond to their local climates and cultural contexts but also push the boundaries of sustainable design.
Our research, spanning 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, found that for companies, better carbon management was linked to significantly lower financial risk.
Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It’s time to get that knowledge back.
Sustainability extends far beyond the environment. But one of its most important pillars – social – has been left out of proposed guidelines for responsible business collaborations.
Previous research had found that consumers think these types of eco-friendly policies are inconvenient.
The Paris 2024 Olympics Games are the first Olympics organisation committee to have appointed a Circular Economy Officer.
The IOC asked every sport to prepare a sustainability strategy, and some are much better than others.
Europeans who experienced more relaxed Covid-19 policies tended to travel less and adopt more sustainable habits, while those suffering from strict lockdowns were keen to get away.
Eating sustainably is more feasible than most realize. These four tips can help reduce the footprint of your kitchen while also helping you live a more healthy life.
There’s more than one way to be resilient.
The fight against Eurasian watermilfoil, an invasive aquatic plant in North American lakes, can be long and expensive, so must be carefully planned.
The Paris games are shaping up as the greenest games yet. But some critics say even more needs to be done.
The round fruit at the heart of a circular economy.
The 2024 Summer Games are going all in on renewable energy, recycled materials and more to shrink their carbon footprint. They’re a test bed for how big events can do better for the environment.
Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have made big and bold green promises. Are they up to the heavy carbon lifting?
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Professor of Tourism, Griffith University
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Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Construction and Environmental Performance, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow in the School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra
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Sustainable Development Solutions Network Manager, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor of Accounting, Durham University
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Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral researcher, TU Wien
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Professor of Construction and Environmental Assessment, The University of Melbourne
